""" sessions.py

This module provides the session handler class.

   Copyright 2011 Bravo369.org

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

author = Mike Meade (mmeade@google.com)
"""

# General imports
import handlers
from data import session


class Sessions(handlers.Handler):
  """A convenience class to interact with a list of sessions."""

  @classmethod
  def getNewSession(cls, requestHandler):
    """Create and return a new session.

    Args:
      requestHandler: The current requestHandler.request instance.
    """
    new_session = session.Session.createNewSession()
    requestHandler.response.set_status(200)
    requestHandler.response.out.write(new_session.toJson())
